Continuing the war on fraud and the attendant financial losses for U.S. businesses, consumers and government alike, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and federal banking agencies have launched a wide-ranging initiative...more
7/11/2025
/ Banking Sector ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Payment Systems ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
As this year’s legislative session is wrapping up, two states, Virginia and Oklahoma, enacted legislation to reform their laws related to surcharges. May 2, 2025, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 1212 to amend...more
Many have been left wondering whether there will be material changes by the Trump administration to the recently released proposed and final rules, policy statements and requests for public comments on various initiatives by...more
Time will tell whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) stated goals of accelerating "open banking" and competition will come to fruition as a result of the long-awaited final rule implementing Section 1033...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ) has issued an interpretive rule stating that Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loan providers are "card issuers" under Subpart B of Regulation Z and are thus subject to certain...more
6/4/2024
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Loans ,
Regulation Z ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
On December 13, 2023, the State of New York enacted Assembly Bill No. 2672 (Act), which modifies New York’s ban on credit card surcharges. The revised law takes effect on February 11, 2024....more
The State of New Jersey has passed a new law limiting the amount of a credit card surcharge by a seller on a purchase of goods or services. New Jersey joins 12 other states and territories that have had laws on their books...more
9/7/2023
/ Commercial Speech ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Credit Cards ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Goods or Services ,
Merchants ,
New Jersey ,
New Legislation ,
Retail Market
On September 8, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a consent order requiring a bank to pay a $50 million penalty and to refund at least $141 million to consumers allegedly harmed by the bank’s...more
Last month, the latest class action regarding bank-charged returned payment fees passed a motion to dismiss in Mawyer v. Atl. Union Bank. This comes on the heels of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)'s recent...more
5/19/2022
/ Banking Examinations ,
Breach of Contract ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Contracts ,
Deposit Accounts ,
FDIC ,
Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insufficient Funds ,
UDAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices